Windows Magnifier does not work with my Swing applications

[Philip Race]

I think I asked Abhishek to take a look.

-phil.

On 2/10/25 2:41 PM, David Alayachew wrote:
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> Poke.
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> Any new info?
>
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> On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 8:05 AM David Alayachew 
> <davidalayachew at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Hello Phil,
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>     Did you get any more info about this issue?
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>     On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 11:58 AM David Alayachew
>     <davidalayachew at gmail.com> wrote:
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>         Thanks Phil.
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>         Yeah, I am A-OK as long as this something that is looked into
>         and the JBS Bug Report is updated with the findings. If this
>         isn't too bad, this would be a solid inclusion. But if it's
>         not worth the effort, I just want the JBS to be updated, and
>         then I can put that as an answer for my StackOverflow post.
>
>         Thanks again for taking a look into this.
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>         On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM Philip Race
>         <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:
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>             Perhaps .. if it is an easy fix but I do not know the
>             specifics and the evaluator of that bug wrote
>             "the magnifier cannot receive PropertyChangeEvents from
>             Swing. This is a limitation in the Window magnifier.
>             The Windows magnifier could be modified by Microsoft to
>             receive such events but the work would need to be done by
>             Microsoft."
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>             then went on to add that other magnifiers do work ..
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>             I also don't know how tied in this would be to
>             implementing support for the Windows Accessibility API.
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>             Swing apps today use something called JavaAccessBridge and
>             there are screen readers out there that support it.
>
>             It would be good to have another look at this specific
>             issue, but I can't make any promises.
>
>             -phil.
>
>             On 12/15/24 1:04 PM, David Alayachew wrote:
>>             Hello Client Libs Dev Team,
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>>             My eyesite has started to deteriorate significantly, so I
>>             have been using the built-in Accessibility tool called
>>             Windows (Screen) Magnifier (available since Windows XP at
>>             least). It zooms in and out of the screen by pressing the
>>             Windows Key and (+) or (-).
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>>             This works great because, as I type stuff, the magnifier
>>             will follow my text, so that I don't have to keep
>>             manually moving the magnifier whenever what I type
>>             inevitably ends up off-screen (off-view?).
>>
>>             This feature works great for basically every other
>>             application I have, except my Swing apps. I make a lot of
>>             Swing apps, and I use a bunch too. And this Magnifier
>>             feature that follows text does not work for any of the
>>             ones I have tried.
>>
>>             This feature does work on basically every other
>>             application I have. To name a few.
>>
>>             * Notepad++
>>             * WordPad
>>             * Firefox
>>             * Git Bash
>>
>>             Here is a Bug Report referring to this problem.
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>>             https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680
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>>             The resolution was listed as "Future Project". Any chance
>>             that the future can be now?
>>
>>             I know that Swing is largely in maintenance mode, but if
>>             this were to get added, practically ALL Swing apps would
>>             receive a significant boost in accessibility. I think
>>             that's worth making some significant changes for.
>>
>>             Finally, here is a StackOverflow post I made discussing
>>             the same subject.
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>>             https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778
>>
>>             Thank you for your time.
>>             David Alayachew
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